A parasite that lives permanently in the brains of millions may not be as uniformly dormant as scientists once thought.

A common parasite long thought to lie dormant is actually much more active and complex. Researchers found that Toxoplasma ...

A University of California, Riverside team of scientists has found that Toxoplasma gondii, a common parasite affecting up to ...

National and Kansas healthcare officials are warning people to watch out for possible signs of a flesh-eating parasite.

Scientists at ARUP Laboratories have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that detects intestinal parasites in stool samples more quickly and accurately than traditional methods, potentially ...

Every year, malaria kills more than 600,000 people worldwide. Most of them are children under 5 in sub-Saharan Africa. But ...

Schistosomiasis is a disease caused by water borne schistosome parasites that affects more than 200 million people worldwide, causing chronic illness, disability and, in severe cases, life threatening ...

In Southern California, a quiet but widespread public health risk has taken root in the region’s freshwater fishing spots. Researchers from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego recently ...